From STEVEN M. GOLDBERG'S BLOG,

On behalf of The Goldberg Law Firm Co., LPA posted in Court Opinions on Friday, February 26, 2016.

My father was a contractor. He learned his craft in the Army Corps of Engineers, building roads in jungles near war zones. He returned to the states to form a small company - Construction Inc. - that built roads, installed sewer lines and moved dirt ... tons and tons of dirt.

His office was his El Camino. Half car, half truck, it transported the tools of his trade in the back bed and his blueprints and thermos in the front cab. He'd drive the El Camino to the job site, then climb aboard a backhoe or front-end loader to move dirt. When the trench was deep enough, he'd climb down inside unstable earth propped up by braces to, hopefully, prevent the ground from collapsing and burying him. He was at great risk in the trench as heavy sewer pipe, swinging from cables tethered to a front-end loader, was lowered down upon him.

"Sewers are the arteries of civilization," he'd say, winking at the dangers of working under ground, putting himself and the construction workers he so admired at risk. My father died with boots on. He's been returned to the earth, but as his son, and as a lawyer, I live in appreciation of people who get their hands dirty and risk their lives.

The use of the Internet or this form for communication with the firm or any individual member of the firm does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Confidential or time-sensitive information should not be sent through this form.